Conservation tillage and the use of energy and other inputs in US agriculture

Applied Energy

Volumn 54, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 75-102

  Uri, Noel D ^a   Konyar, Kazim ^b  

^a ECONOMIC RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

^b CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONSERVATION TILLAGE ADOPTION DECISION; CONSERVATION TILLAGE PRACTICES; RAINFALL;

AGRICULTURE; ECONOMICS; ENERGY UTILIZATION; FERTILIZERS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PESTICIDES; RAIN;

ENERGY CONSERVATION;

AGRICULTURAL PRACTICE; CONSERVATION TILLAGE; ENERGY USE; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; INNOVATION ADOPTION; MODELLING APPROACH; TILLAGE DECISION;

USA;

EID: 0030159430     PISSN: 03062619     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0306-2619(95)00072-0     Document Type: Article

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